Dear Body, I owe you an apology. I have not treated you well. I have abused you for my own ends, to get where I wanted to be in the moment. I have neglected your routine maintenance over and over and over again. I have not defended you. When others told me I was fat and therefore ugly or less […]
Category: Transformation & Healing
Full Disclosure
…when it came to being she said be tender and tough at once you need to be vulnerable to live fully but rough enough to survive it all… -Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers I have not published a blog post since mid-August. I have been writing, but I have not been able to put anything together I felt […]
Own that Ass
“If you own the story, you can write the ending. If you deny the story, the story owns you.“ Brene Brown, Rising Strong A couple of years ago I had some boudoir photos taken. I was at a place in brain injury recovery where getting dressed and to rehab was the basic extent of my life. I was living in […]
Fat Is Not a Feeling
“Fat is not a feeling.” Sit with that statement for just a moment. If you find this to be an obvious, matter of fact statement, then good for you. If you experience revelation, enlightenment, or knowing deep in your bones when you read this, you are my people. Recently, while listening to my favorite podcast, Hear to Slay hosted by […]
